S-Panel PC Advanced Menu

Advanced BIOS Features Tab

For details about the Advanced submenus, refer to:

oACPI Settings

oCPU Configuration

oSATA Configuration

oPCH-FW Configuration

oUSB Configuration

oIT8768E Super I/O Configuration

oIMT Configuration

oCOM2 Configuration

oEC Watchdog Configuration

ACPI Settings Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Enable ACPI Auto Configuration

Enables or disables BIOS ACPI auto configuration.

Enable Hibernation

Enables or disables hibernation. This option may be not effective with some OS.

ACPI Sleep State

Sets the ACPI sleep state.

CPU Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Hyper-threading

Enables or disables the Intel hyper threading technology.

Active Processor Cores

Enable or disables a number of cores in each processor package.

Limit CPUID Maximum

Disable for Windows XP.

Execute Disable Bit

Enables or disables the no-execution page protection.

Intel Virtualization Technology

Enables or disables Intel virtualization technology. When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool technology.

Hardware Prefetcher

Enables or disables the Mid Level Cache (L2) streamer prefetcher.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

Enables or disables the Mid Level Cache (L2) prefetching of adjacent cache lines.

CPU AES

Enables or disables the CPU Advanced Encryption Standard instructions.

Boot performance mode

This Item allows users to select the performance state that the BIOS will set before OS handoff.

EIST

Enables or disables Intel SpeedStep..

CPU C States

Enables or disables CPU C states.

ACPI CTDP BIOS

Enables or disables ACPI CTDP BIOS support.

Configurable TDP Level

Select Configurable TDP Level.

Config TDP Lock

Enable or disable Config TDP Lock.

SATA Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

SATA Controller(s)

Enable or disable SATA devices.

SATA Mode Selection

Select SATA mode selection. (Determines how SATA controllers operate).

Aggressive LPM Support

Enable or disable PCH to aggressively enter link power state.

SATA Speed Support

Indicates the maximum speed the SATA controller can support.

Serial ATA Port 1

Enable or disable serial ATA port.

Serial ATA Port 1 HotPlug

Designates this port as hot pluggable.

Serial ATA Port 2

Enable or disable serial ATA port.

Serial ATA Port 2 HotPlug

Designates this port as hot pluggable.

Serial ATA Port 3

Enable or disable serial ATA port.

Serial ATA Port 3 HotPlug

Designates this port as hot pluggable.

Serial ATA Port 4

Enable or disable serial ATA port.

Serial ATA Port 4 HotPlug

Designates this port as hot pluggable.

PCH-FW Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

MDES BIOS Status Code

Enable or disable MDES BIOS status code.

fTPM Device Selection

Select GPDMA work-around or MSFT QFE solution.

TPM Device Selection

Enable or disable TPM device selection. (PTT or dTPM. PTT-Enables PTT in SkuMgr dTPM 1.2 - Disables PTT in SkuMgr informing! PTT/dTPM is disabled and all data saved on it is lost.

Firmware Update Configuration

ME FW Image Re-Flash: Enable or disable ME FW image re-Flash function.

USB Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Legacy USB Support

Enable or disable legacy USB support. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. Disable option keeps USB devices available only for EFI applications.

USB3.0 Support

Enable or disable USB3.0 (XHCI) controller support.

XHCI Hand-off

Enable or disable XHCI hand-off. This is a work-around for OS without XHCI hand-off support. The XHCI ownership modify is claimed by XHCI driver.

EHCI Hand-off

Enable or disable EHCI hand-off. This is a workroom for OS without EHCI hand-off support. The EHCI ownership modify is claimed by EHCI driver.

USB Mass Storage Driver Support

Enable or disable USB mass storage driver support.

USB transfer time-out

Select time-out section. The time-out value for control, bulk, and interrupt transfers.

Device reset time-out

Select device time-out section. USB mass storage devices start unit command time-out.

Device power-up delay

Select device power-up section. Maximum time the device takes before it properly reports itself to the host controller. Auto uses a default value: for a root port, it is 100 ms, for a hub port the delay is taken from the hub descriptor.

IT8768E Super IO Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Serial Port 1 Configuration

Serial Port: Enable or disable the COM port.

Serial Port 2 Configuration

Serial Port: Enable or disable the COM port.

IMT Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

CPU Shutdown Temperature

Select CPU shutdown temperature.

IMT WatchDog IRQ

Select iManager IRQ number eBrain watchdog.

Backlight Enable Polarity

Switch backlight enable polarity for native or invert.

Hardware Monitor

Monitor hardware status.

Optional COM2 Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

COM2 UART mode setting

Select RS-232 or RS-422/485 mode. The default setting is RS-232 mode.

Optional EC Watchdog Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

EC Watchdog setting

Select EC watchdog setting.